What Lies Beneath

What lies beneath our brain~

That gray matter of thought and reason

the inner sanctum of our humanness

where decisions are molded

and ideas born at random

where creativity hibernates

and aspirations hide
only coming out at night

to dance among our dreams?

What lies beneath our beating hearts

beneath the sheathed muscled epicenter

of emotion where love and lust reside,

sometimes in tandem,

sometimes askew...

this visceral place where

we ache with grief

and love with abandon

where despair is hidden

but hope arises?

What beauty lies within our soul~

it's butterfly wings flapping,

longing for enlightenment
but trapped by convention and society

that ephemeral being we are 

yet daily struggle to remember, 

the whys and hows

of where we came from

and how to find the key

to open the door to inner ourselves.

What lies beneath our outward façade?

The one we show the world even as

it cages our true heart’s desire

doing what is “expected”

rather than what we want.
What lies beneath it all
waiting to be discovered,
recognized, remembered,
and embraced.

That is the true reason we are here...
to unearth what lies beneath.

Rose S. Williams©Southernstoryteller-2013